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HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons hosts the most downloaded sports podcast of all time, with a rotating crew of celebrities, athletes, and media staples, as well as mainstays like Cousin Sal, Joe House, and a slew of other friends and family members who always happen to be suspiciously available.
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In this Deep Dive episode, our hosts discuss how small archival entries and simple facts can reveal big stories about people, measurement, and culture.
• 📜 We examine a terse Library of Congress note — "On this day in 1746, Robert R. was born" — and explore how such brief birth records inform historical research, public health context, demographic trends, and economic analysis.
• 🎂 We celebrate historical birthdays including Anders Celsius, Bruce Lee, and Jimi Hendrix, with a focused look at Celsius: how his temperature scale and collaborative scientific work standardized measurement and shaped agriculture, industry, public health, and climate observation.
• 💡 Our fact of the day: on average, Americans' favorite smell is banana — a small sensory preference with implications for scent marketing, therapeutic environments, and everyday product choices.
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